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Hunky Punk is Somerset (West Country) dialect for grotesque carvings on the side of buildings (especially churches). It is a local form of Gargoyle or Sheela-Na-Gig.

Books: Peter Poyntz Wright, Hunky punks, Avebury Publishing Co., 1982. ISBN 0861270142

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Goddess or Queen? The enigmatic carving at Braunston in Rutland

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